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My 10yr old daughter wants to have a go a clays. I borrowed a 28g from a friend for her to try she was ok with the recoil but struggled with length of pull, it isn’t much shorter than my 12.
Does anyone know of any guns made for kids I don’t really want to buy a gun and chop it down.
 
Mark23576 said:
My 10yr old daughter wants to have a go a clays. I borrowed a 28g from a friend for her to try she was ok with the recoil but struggled with length of pull, it isn’t much shorter than my 12.
Does anyone know of any guns made for kids I don’t really want to buy a gun and chop it down.
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You could buy one already chopped down:
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For Sale: - 20bore Bolognini Over and Under

20bore Bolognini Over and Under non ejector. This is my sons gun and it has served him well over the last two years with NO issues. Stock has been cut down to ll.5 inches but has a kickeez pad fitted which take it to 12 inches. Included are spacers and a Pachmayr decelerator pad to adjust...
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Hatsan youth 20 bore auto ! Ok they aint fabulous but for the money and the fact that the child soon becomes adult size ?? The auto will be gentle on the shoulder and once run in should manage a few of the lighter loads , the stock came with lots of lengthening packers . She has downed Foreshore geese with it and even beat me on one stand . She is 18 now and shot it from about 12 ? Previous to that it was my single old 410. 28 bore are imho not worth getting , especially if you dont reload ! A twenty bore auto will kick less than a break action 28 and you will struggle finding the 28 bore loads you want at times and they tend to cost more !
Even loading the shells yourself its important to buy large component stocks .
Single break action 410 guns second hand are dirt cheap and super safe with the single one bang to empty , break open and put another in and carry between stands obviously open and empty
Just pick easy targets at first and good shooting to her !
 
Mark23576 said:
My 10yr old daughter wants to have a go a clays. I borrowed a 28g from a friend for her to try she was ok with the recoil but struggled with length of pull, it isn’t much shorter than my 12.
Does anyone know of any guns made for kids I don’t really want to buy a gun and chop it down.
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Hatsan youth , you take or add really thick shims that come in the box . Them kids just grow so fast !
 
Kofs make 410 kids over and unders with short stocks. I'm not sure if they make 28 but have seen 20 bore also
 
Kofs do a 28 bore with youth stock and I'm pretty sure that you can buy a full length stock for not a lot of money when she grows a bit.
 
Mark23576 said:
My 10yr old daughter wants to have a go a clays. I borrowed a 28g from a friend for her to try she was ok with the recoil but struggled with length of pull, it isn’t much shorter than my 12.
Does anyone know of any guns made for kids I don’t really want to buy a gun and chop it down.
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My Dad brought me a 12b with the stock too long so he had it cut down saved it and had it re fitted when It needed to be longer.
 
Kofs youth 28 bore, under £500 brand new.

95% of my shotgun shooting is done with a 28. Remarkably capable. And I have shot the wee thing a lot!

For a child 16 gram loads are very soft shooting.

Break barrel for ease of knowing when the guns safe and I'd go 28 over 410 as you'll get the kids on target easier.

I've never found 28 bore cartridges hard to come by, maybe my local gun shops just have good taste! And they're in line with 20, 12 etc in terms of price.

Only downside I can see in the near future is the whole lead ban jobby! But we will have to wait and see what loadings manufacturers offer in non toxic... in the meantime I've just ordered another couple of thousand 28 bore cartridges to keep me banging away 🫡
 
Mark23576 said:
My 10yr old daughter wants to have a go a clays. I borrowed a 28g from a friend for her to try she was ok with the recoil but struggled with length of pull, it isn’t much shorter than my 12.
Does anyone know of any guns made for kids I don’t really want to buy a gun and chop it down.
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My son had a 20b Yilditz youth. With 20gm cartridges it was fine for him at 10 but kids being kids he outgrew it in about 20 minutes 😂
 
Len the dog said:
Very weight forward for a small child, this causes them to lean back for balance and can lead to neck injuries or just discomfort, something that will soon put a child off.
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have to agree to disagree or maybe my two ten years olds were just built bigger.

i was much more concerned about their hearing as we all know a tight cheek weld can move the ear defenders
 
Mark23576 said:
My 10yr old daughter wants to have a go a clays. I borrowed a 28g from a friend for her to try she was ok with the recoil but struggled with length of pull, it isn’t much shorter than my 12.
Does anyone know of any guns made for kids I don’t really want to buy a gun and chop it down.
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Well. My advice? Buy a cheap gun, a cheapo non-ejector SBS or OU (it doesn't much matter) with short barrels of 26" length. An old no longer popular "Skeet Gun" is good as it will have open chokes.

Then have someone that knows what they are doing drill two long holes into the stock from the rear towards the action. Of such a size that they'll either take wooden dowels or long woodscrews. Indeed on a gun with a buttplate held on by screw you could simply deepen any existing holes used by those screws. When you've done that THEN shorten the butt. That way when the time comes to re-attach the cut off piece you've already aligned holes to take the screws or dowels you'll use to re attach it.

The other old trick is to buy a double trigger gun (and yes double trigger OU guns exist) and start them off firing one barrel only and that the barrel that uses the rear trigger. That'll gain an half an inch.
 
If the OP can locate a certain model of LAURONA double trigger O/U it is unusual in that the gun can be used as a standard double trigger gun OR by pulling the rear trigger twice can fire one barrel after another or ditto by pulling the front trigger twice. My local shooting ground uses one as a training gun for that reason that the rear trigger enables a gain of half an inch. They are not expensive guns. About £100 although (I got it for them) the one at my local ground cost me £40 at auction.
 
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I got my son a junior 28g Yildiz. As above it’s a bloody nice gun for the money.
Multi choke non ejector.
No recoil and enough of a load to actually hit something.
I personally wouldn’t allow anyone new to gun handling to have a semi automatic as it’s not clear to see when it’s safe.
 
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